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Maka

I sighed and watched the sun slowly setting over the horizon. The trees made it hard to see clearly, but I could make out a faint ball of light through the branches. It was so nice; school was coming to an end and the last days of spring were fleeting too. It felt like the days flew by faster than any other year so far. It was almost sad in a way, almost.

The first few weeks of summer were always great, with nothing but parties, trips and all nighters with some friends to fill them up, but after that almost everyone was wishing to be back in class. At least that's how I think of it. We still had a month or so left of school and everyone was itching to go out and do something other than study so we decided to go out in the woods and roast marshmallows over a camp fire. It was peaceful, for the most part.

"Hey, who wants to see what happens if I put gasoline in the fire!" Blackstar yelled.

"Yeah go right on ahead, if we're lucky you might set yourself on fire."Soul said grinning at me. His red eyes were bright and happy as he looked into mine. I smiled back.

"I bet you 20 bucks he blows up his arm" Patty whispered to Liz. I knew I shouldn't get involved but I was not in the mood for a forest fire.

"How about you don't, its dry and you can start a forest fire like that." I said to him as I warmed my hands up to the fire. Even in June the nights got cold here.

"It's dry and you can start a forest fire like that," Blackstar squeaked in a high girly voice, "I mean really Maka, I'm not that dumb." I felt my face get warm.

"I do not talk like that!" I retorted. Man, Blackstar could just get so annoying. Tsubaki threw me a weak smile probably trying to apologize for his behavior. We all settled down and everything was quiet for a while. We had three logs around the fire, much to Kid's distaste. I sat in between Kid and Soul on the left side. Across from us over the fire was Tsubaki, Patty and Liz, Blackstar got a log all to himself. I didn't get much choice on where to sit since I was late; it was either near Soul and kid or Blackstar. At least Soul and Kid can stay quiet for longer than ten seconds. And ten seconds of peace and quiet were all we ever got.

"Let's play truth or dare guys!" Blackstar said jumping off the log and nearly falling into the fire. Soul smiled and Kid shrugged.

"Why not then. We should set up rules too so no one can chicken out." Liz said. Blackstar's eyebrows came together in a moment of thought.

"Oh I got it! If anyone chickens out they gotta run into the lake nude while we all watch!" Blackstar said laughing. I sighed and rubbed my hands together to keep them warm. I was notorious for always chickening out. Now that wasn't an option, I was in no mood to jump into a freezing lake in front of three guys. This was going to be fun. I snuck a look at Tsubaki and she was fidgeting too while Liz and Patty seemed completely comfortable. Not waiting for a response Blackstar said, "Tsubaki! Truth or dare?"

"W-what me first?" She fidgeted, I threw her a look of understanding and sympathy, "uh.. truth I guess." She answered. Blackstar thought for a moment and a smile spread on his face.

"So Tsubaki, do you have a boyfriend?" he said smiling mischievously. That kinda threw me off guard. He normally asked something along the lines of fighting or about a scenario that was likely to never occur. I looked over to Tsubaki's pink face.

"Uh… yeah I do. I thought I already told you," she answered. Liz's mouth dropped open, and Soul raised his eyebrows.

"No way Tsubaki! Why didn't you tell us? What's his name? How do you have a boyfriend and I don't." Liz said with a sour face. Tsubaki had a boyfriend! Blackstar most likely knew about it and asked to make her uncomfortable.

"Yeah I do his name's Sai." She mumbled turning red. This went on for a while, everyone asked questions about him and soon the sun finally set and it got really dark. They were going on their first date tomorrow night. The game was forgotten.

"I have an idea; let's go shopping for new clothes for Tsubaki!" Patty suggested.

"You're always looking for an excuse to go shopping, but I have to admit it is a good idea. I am in need of some new jeans too." Liz said, "Does anyone else want to come along? Maka, what about you?" Blackstar made an eww face and Soul and Kid shook their heads.

"Thanks for offering but I'd rather not. Every time I go shopping someone recognizes me as my father daughter. It's not worth the embarrassment anymore." I answered. And she shook her head in understanding. I would have loved to go shopping, but every time I did I got a reminder of my father and it ruined the whole experience.

"I'll buy you something then Maka." Tsubaki said. She didn't look too thrilled to go but she wasn't the kind of person to refuse. I said a word of thanks to her and the three of them left. I realized that it was only me, Soul, Kid and Blackstar left. Great.

"Let's keep playing then." Blackstar said. He chose Kid and he picked truth as well. I was hoping he would forget about the game.

"Who's hotter Patty or Liz?" Blackstar asked him. After a moment's thought he said, "Liz I guess, because her face is more symmetrical. I could care less though."

"Really? I think Patty better because her boobs are bigger." Blackstar said snickering. I rolled my eyes and looked over at Soul. His eyes flicked to my chest and then to a tree, pretending he hadn't done that. I elbowed him in the gut and said, "I saw that."

He didn't answer, but I tell he was trying to suppress a laugh. So, Kid dared Soul to eat the rest of the marshmallows knowing that Soul got sick every time he ate them. He ate the whole bag and nearly threw up.

"I think I'm gonna be sick." He said holding his stomach. I scooted over closer to Kid until my leg touched his. In normal circumstances I wouldn't have felt comfortable this close to anyone, but I didn't want to get puked on. He didn't seem to mind either.

"Fine then Blackstar truth or dare?" he said once he regained his composer. Big surprise, he picked Dare and soon he was running around the small lake naked. I tried not to look in that general direction at all and instead stared into the flames as Soul and Kid laughed.

In the half an hour it took him to run around the lake Soul threw up twice. First he darted into the bushes and it made me go green just thinking about it, so I moved to the unoccupied log, which unfortunately had a perfect view of the lake and Blackstar running at full speed. Great. I put my head in my hands and tried to settle my stomach.

A little while later Kid came over and I looked up at him.

"Again?" I asked him. He nodded and I grimaced.

"Sorry guys, but it's Kid fault remember that." Soul said when he came back.

"Alright, sorry but stay over there ok." Kid said.

Blackstar came back soon and I only looked when I was sure he had pants on.

"Maka it's your turn." He said as he put on his shirt. I knew I was going to pick truth from the start. I didn't feel like getting humiliated or hurt today.

"Do I even have to ask what you want to pick?" He said with a smile. For some reason I wanted to punch out his lights. I knew I should have swallowed my pride and picked truth but I didn't want to give him the satisfaction.

"Dare."I said simply. He smiled devilishly and I instantly regretted it. He planned this out.

"Alright them I Dare you to kiss Kid." He said snickering. Kiss… Kid? It took a few seconds for me to register it. I looked up at him and he was scratching his head purposely not looking me. I looked away shyly.

"Blackstar, pick something else please." I said fidgeting with my hands.

Soul snickered from across the fire. I mean, it's not like I didn't like him, he was a good friend, that's all, and I didn't want something so stupid to cause a detriment to our friendship.

"Nope, it's that or the lake. Should I help you undress?" Blackstar said. I felt his hands pulling my shirt up.

"Hey stop."I said slapping him away. Kid was really quiet.

"Uh. Kid …if it's ok with you…" I spluttered. I could feel the blush seeping into my cheeks.

"Five seconds hehe." Blackstar snickered.

"uh.. yeah I mean it's just a dare so…" Said Kid. I was sort of frozen by then. Should I lean in? He was a lot taller than me so I would have to lean up. Put my hands around his neck? How do I kiss anyway? This would be my first time; I had no idea what to do. Do I open my mouth or close it when we kiss? I felt so stupid for being so inexperienced.

Kid probably felt how hesitant I was and that I had no idea what to do, so he put a hand behind my head and leaned down tilting his head. I stopped breathing as he got closer. His lips met mine before I was ready and I felt his tongue in my mouth.

Five seconds seemed to last forever. I was too aware of his closeness to me and the hand behind my head to really do anything. So I sat there and didn't move as he kissed me. Finally he let go and pulled away.

Blackstar raised his eyebrows at me.

"Happy." I said half-heartedly. I looked over at Kid and he looked away. I wondered what he was thinking. I hope I hadn't stolen his first kiss. I had to admit though; looking back he was a good kisser. He knew exactly what to do so that meant he must have done it before.

"Alright then it's my turn. Blackstar, truth or dare." I said throwing him a look of pure hatred.

"Dare." He said in a carefree voice. I didn't even have to think about it.

"I dare you to kiss Soul." I said as sweetly as I could. There was a look of horror on Soul's face. I felt a bit guilty, but it quickly subsided. It would be payback for laughing at my chest, like killing two birds with one stone.

"Come on Maka, I'm sorry for before, please pick something else for him." Soul pleaded. I snuck a look at Kid and he was smiling too. Payback time.

"Five seconds." Kid said and we burst out laughing. Black star just stood there for a few seconds thinking. Then he walked up in front of me. I wondered what he was doing, was he going to hit me or something.

"I'd rather not, for Soul's sake that is." He said

"Thank you so much." Soul said relived. Something was off though; Blackstar was smiling when he should have been sulking about jumping into a freezing lake. He suddenly pulled down his pants with his boxers. Oh my Death. He was just a few feet away from me. My face felt hot and I turned away as fast as I could, but what was seen could not be unseen.

"Not cool dude." Kid said. Probably trying to make me feel better, but I could hear the suppressed laugh in his voice.

"Time to jump in I guess." Blackstar said. I didn't even look to see if he actually did it. I put my face in my hands trying to calm down. I was not expecting that. I heard Soul laughing and decided I would put pink dye in his shampoo when we got home. He deserved it. Blackstar finally came back whooping.

"Damn it's cold. Someone hand me my clothes." He said. I refused to look until I was sure he was completely dressed. He was shaking from the cold, I couldn't help but smile.

"Enjoying the view?" he asked me and I blushed again, clenching my fists. I wanted so badly to punch that face of his.

"Hey guys let's go eat something." Soul suggested. He probably felt the tension too. I nodded. I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast this morning; excluding the six marshmallows I had hours ago. I was in the mood for food, well I was in the mood for anything that would take my mind off what happened.

"Where do you guys wanna go? Oh I know what about that new place that just opened up on the corner? I heard the foods great." Blackstar said getting up. It seemed like everything was forgotten already. I put out the fire and started to walk back.

The walk to the road was long and soon my teeth were chattering. It got cold here even in June, and my short skirt and spaghetti strap tee weren't helping. I missed the warmth of the fire already.

When we got to the road we parted. I went on Soul's motorcycle while Kid took a skateboard. Blackstar said he knew a short cut so he walked. We meet up at the restaurant a few minutes later.

It was a nice place but with Kid sitting in front of me I couldn't really concentrate of the food or atmosphere. I lost my appetite too because the only thing I could think of was kissing him. I ended up eating half of my order of fries. When everyone was done we started out home.

"Hey Maka, I'm gonna stay over at Blackstar's place tonight if that's cool with you." Soul said before going. He knew I wasn't in a great mood and I would take it out on him when we got back.

"Yeah, it's fine don't worry I can walk it's not too far from here. I'll be fine, have fun." I said, trying to sound like nothing was bothering me.

"Cool then let's go."Blackstar and Soul walked in the other direction.

I realized Kid was still here and he was waiting for me.

"You don't have to walk me home you know, I know where I live." I said turning away so he wouldn't notice the pink in my cheeks. Secretly I was hoping he would. The walk home was long and boring from here and I didn't mind someone keeping me company, but I would never admit it.

"It's ok, I live down this way too, so it wouldn't be too much trouble." He said with a smile. I returned it and we walked down the street in an awkward silence.

It would have been really embarrassing if I wasn't so cold. My clothes weren't doing me any justice and the constant chill from the wind sent shivers down my spine. I was so focused on the cold that I didn't notice Kid had taken off his sweatshirt and was handing it to me.

"Here, I can tell you're really cold so you can wear it." He said with a smile again. I never noticed but his smile was so… perfect.

"Uh… you sure you won't be cold?" I asked him trying my hardest not to shiver or blush, but I failed at both.

"Yeah I'm fine. Take it." I was too frozen to refuse it. I slipped it on and instantly turned warmer.

"Thanks." I smiled at him. He put down his skateboard and said,

"Hop on, it will be faster." he took one look at my reluctant face and said, "Don't worry I won't let you fall. Just hold on." I was someone who preferred to walk, mainly because of many painful incidents on Soul's motorcycle.

I'm not sure why but I stepped on it and put my hands around his waist uncertainly, leaning in close. All of a sudden we began to move and let me tell you it was nothing like riding a motorcycle. I felt scared so I held on tighter to him, because of the fear all my embarrassment disappeared and all I was focused on was not falling off. The ride was way too long for my liking, even though we got to my apartment in less than three minutes.

When we finally stopped I got off and resisted the urge to kiss the ground. He chuckled and said,

"How was the ride?"

"Never again okay." I responded with a smile. I was shaking again, but I wasn't sure if it was cold, embarrassment or fear, maybe a combination?

"Well, I better go then. Bye, see you at the academy on Monday." He waved and I waved back weakly.

"Yeah ok see you." I said and walked inside my apartment. I fell back against the door once I got in. My heart wouldn't stop beating. I had a strange feeling, almost as if I was flying, soaring overhead. I told myself it was from the ride. Yeah that's right. I looked down and noticed I still had on his sweatshirt. It had the signature skull of a shinigami and was perfectly symmetrical in every way. My heart started to beat even faster just from looking at it. I was really confused. What was happening?

Well, what did you think? Please review whether you liked it or not, I'd really appreciate it if you did. I'm thinking of adding a few more chapters onto it if you guys liked it. Just a few things: the 'skateboard' kid road was actually the strange hovering thing he always rides. For lack of a better word to use I just put it as skateboard. Anyway, thanks for reading :)